Fireplace and chimney.



PATENTBD SEPT. 10, 1907.

' U. Z. KEENEY. FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY.

- APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2. 1905.

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URIAS Z. KEENEY, OF MALDEN, WEST VIRGINIA.

FIRE PLACE AND CHIMNEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed August 2, 1905. Serial No. 272,383-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, URIAS Z. KEENEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Malden, in the county of Kanawha and State or West Virginia,have invented new and useful Improvements in Fireplaces and Chim neys,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fire places and flues comprising a series ofblocks or sections which form in part portions of the fre places, andhaving openings therethrough and adapted to be serviceably arranged in astructure or building having one or more stories and dispense with theordinarychimney structure by having the fire places, particularly in theupper stories, formed with flue means and connected with fire placesabove or below by fire place sections.

In the construction of buildings, especially cottages or other frameiuclosures, it has been the usual practice to form the fire places andchimneys as a part thereof through the medium of brickwork, entailingconsiderable expenseas well as time and labor.

The primary object of the present invention is to first produce theseveral blocks or sections included in the chimney and fire placeorganization and set up said blocks or sections in operative position,and thus render the construction of chimneys and fire places expeditiousand economical and at the same time obtain a better result.

It is proposed to form the blocks or sections of a suitable plasticcomposition, such as cement and sand, and thoroughly cure the latterprior to the assemblage thereof to produce the fire places and chimneys,the fire places being lined and having beds or hearths of suitablematerial, preferably clay of such nature as to Withstand the heat andserve as a protective means for the remaining parts of the fire place aswell as the adjoining framework.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fireplace andchimney adapted for use in a single story, and embodying the features ofthe invention, the fines through the blocks or sections being shown indotted lines. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through thefireplace and chimney. shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of thefire place illustrating the dual form of the latter. Fig. 4 is a topplan view of a fire place section illustrating the manner of producing asingle fire place with which similar flue blocks or sections are used.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indi cate correspondingpartsin the several views.

The numeral 1 designates fire place sections, which, as clearly shown byFig. 3, are of double-T form, or have opposite heads 2, connected byacentral vertical partition 3 to form two opposing fire place spaces orrecesses 4. Any number of these fire place sections 1 may be used, but,as shown, two are employed, one being superimposed on the other, and areadapted to be set in a partition or dividing wall of the building, so asto provide fire places in different compartments or rooms communicatingwith a single fiue construction. On the uppermost fire place section 1is placed a fine contracting block or section 5. This block or section 5may also be properly termed an intermediate fiue continuing member, andis preferably of such length and width as to fully close over theuppermost fire place section 1 and have its lower side form the topwalls for the spaces or recesses 4. The fine continuing block or section5 is formed with a pair of upwardly converging flue openings orapertures 6, separated by a longitiidinal partition 7 andregisteringwith the upper extremities of the fire place spaces orrecesses 4 of the sections 1. The smoke and products of combustionpassing upwardly through the fiuc openings or apertures 6 e011- tinuethrough pairs of fiue openings or apertures 8, in blocks 9 superimposedon the block or section 5, and each other, the number of blocks 9 useddepending upon the height of the building or structure in which thechimney and fire place are erected. The openings or apertures 8 areseparated by a vertical partition 10 in each block 9, and all of theseopenings or apertures accurately register in the several blocks, andthose of the lower block with the upper terminals of the openings orapertures 6 in the section 5. The fire place sections 1, the section 5,and the several blocks 9 are secured in their simplified arrangement bymeans of cement mortar interposed between the said parts.

In some instances it will be unnecessary to line the fire places orrecesses 4, but it is preferred in the ordinary use of the improved fireplace and chimney to dispose a lining of suitable thickness and materialin each fire place, each of said linings consisting of a back 12, andsides 13, provided with rear interlocking mortises and tenons 14 and 15.The front edges of the sides 13 of the lining come out flush with theends of the heads 2 of the fire place section 1, and are secured in amanner which will be presently explained. The back 12 of the lining isof the form shown by Fig. 2, and slopes rearwardly and upwardly from itslower edge-to an intermediate point, and from the latter again slopesoutwardly and upwardly to the upper edge, thus giving ample thickness ofmaterial at the back of the fire place, and at the same timefacilitating the direction of the smoke and products of combustion intothe lower diverged portion of each opening or aperture 6 of the fluesection 5, and by this means also the heat is deflected outwardly fromthe fire place and the draft benefited. Each fire place also has a bedor hearth 16 of suitable material, which will be formed or applied afterthe fire place sections and remaining elements of the chimneyorganization are set up. The fire place sections 1 have rods or bolts 17molded, or otherwise disposed therein, and their opposite ends projectedoutwardly from the ends of the heads 2 and screw threaded. Each head 2has one of these bolts or rods 17 therein, the bolts or rods of thelower section 1 being near the bottom of the latter, and the similardevices of the upper section 1. being near the top of said uppersection. To complete the fire place, a facing 18 is applied thereoverand has openings in the upper and lower portions of the side membersthereof to fit over the projecting screw threaded extremities of therods or bolts 17. The side members of the facing also have inwardlyprojecting flanges 20, which bear against the inner surfaces of thesides 13 ot' the lining, and after the facing has been thus appliedsuitable nut devices are connected to the screw threaded extremities ofthe rods or bolts 1'7 to firmly secure the facing in applied position.It will be observed that the parts of the lining are positively held inposition in each fire place and prevented from collapsing or becomingdisplaced, the back being continually pressed inwardly by the sidesowing to the mortise and tenon joints, and the sides prevented fromfalling inwardly by the flanges 20 of the facing. By thus assembling thelining and facing, the use of securing devices is reduced to a minimum,and fracture or injury of the parts of the lining is less liable toensue, especially when such lining is formed from plastic material, suchas clay or other analogous substance.

The organization illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 embodies a dual fircplace, but it will be understood that the same result may be obtained byusing a single fire place and slightly modifying the form of the section1, as clearly shown by Fig. 4, the section 5 and blocks 9 beingcorrespondingly changed, or containing only one flue opening oraperture. This is an obvious change and is fully contemplated by theinvention.

The facing for each fire place can be embellished with suitable designsand ornamented by plating or other treatment in accordance with thegrade of the mantel shelf and ornamentation of the latter. The materialof which the blocksor sections is composed may be varied at will andlikewise the mortar or other plastic means for securing the same inimmovable superimposed relation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, is:

1. In a chimney and fire place organization, the combination of fireplace sections having coinciding recesses opening outwardly therefrom, afire place lining consisting of a back and sides jointed at the rear, afacing having inner angular terminals embracing the outer edge portionsof the sides, and line blocks superimposed over the fire places.

2. In a chimney and tire place organization, the combination of tireplace sections having coinciding recesses opening outwardly therefrom, alining for the fire place consisting of a vertically disposed back andsides jointed at their ends, a facing secured over the fire place havinginner angular terminals embracing the outer edges of the sides andholding the latter in upright position, the back being inclined upwardlyand rearwardly to an intermediate point and then upwardly and outwardlyto the top of the fire place and having its rear side verticallystraight, and line blocks arranged over and communicating with the tireplace,

3. In a chimney and fire place organization, the combination of fireplace sections having coinciding recesses and rods extendingtherethrough and provided with projecting terminals, a facing fittedover and secured on the terminals of the rods and having angularterminals, a lining including sides embraced by said terminals, and fiueblocks disposed on the fire place sections and commu nicating with thelatter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

URIAS Z. KEENEY.

Witnesses CHARLES B. W. Nnann, EDWARD L. Mooim.

